Essays about: "CCA"

Showing result 26 - 30 of 45 essays containing the word CCA.

1. 26. Climate Smart Risk Reduction in Urban Areas: A Review of factors for integrating Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation within the context of urban Resilience

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

   Author : Fariba Toufani; [2019]
   Keywords : Disaster Risk Reduction; Climate Change Adaptation; Integration; Urban Resilience; 100 Resilient Cities; Technology and Engineering;

   Abstract : In recent years, the drawbacks of parallel systems in Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and Climate Change Adaptation (CCA) have been acknowledged in professional and academic communities, where the need for integration of the two fields in connection to development has been stressed. In this regard, the concept of resilience as an antithesis of risks has also been considered. READ MORE

3. 27. Neoliberal ethics messing with sustainability? An analysis of the fundamental conflict between neoliberal ethics and sustainability measures and its consequences

   University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

   Author : Lucia Betzler; [2019]
   Keywords : sustainability science; neoliberal ethics; hegemonic ideology; social inertia; climate change mitigation; climate change adaptation; critical discourse analysis; Friedrich A. Hayek; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Despite all of the detrimental effects predicted in the event of non-action regarding climate change, a large number of people in the Global North are in a state of social inertia and openly criticise climate change mitigation (CCM) and climate change adaptation (CCA) measures. Most explanatory approaches of this phenomenon do not question the basic beliefs that our system is based on in their analysis. READ MORE

4. 28. Private Company Adaptation to Climate Change

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

   Author : Christina Bengtsen; Ásdís Ólafsdóttir; [2019]
   Keywords : Private company; Private sector; Adaptation; Climate Change; national adaptation plan; Denmark; Singapore; Annual Report; Technology and Engineering;

   Abstract : Despite climate risks posing a serious threat to business and business continuity, empirical research has shown little active involvement of the private sector in climate change adaptation (CCA). National plans of governments, as well as global agreements and reports, highlight the need for collaborative climate action on a global scale, placing special emphasis on private sector involvement as critical to the adaptation progress. READ MORE

5. 29. Knowledge and Implementation of Climate Change Adaptation in the Infrastructure Sector in Nunavut, Canada

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

   Author : Timothy Giger; Kelly Ramsauer; [2019]
   Keywords : Nunavut; Arctic; Climate Change Adaptation; Infrastructure; Knowledge; Implementation; Policy; Climate-Sensitive Infrastructure; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : The Arctic is at the forefront of climate change and is considered to be the most at risk, warming at twice the rate of the global annual average. The environment and its inhabitants are and will be subjected to deep transformational shifts, with changes in temperature and climate having potentially worldwide repercussions. READ MORE

6. 30. COMPARING THE COMPOSITION OF SAPROXYLIC BEETLE FAUNA ON OLD HOLLOW OAKS BETWEEN TWO TIME PERIODS

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/Biologi

   Author : Chipango Kamboyi; [2019]
   Keywords : Saproxylic beetles; Guilds; Species composition; Canopy Cover; Forest Regrowth; Trunk Circumference; Cavity size. Species turnover;

   Abstract : Oak habitats are rich in saproxylic species, but the habitat is declining with loss of diversity due to encroachment which decrease the vitality of oaks. The present explorative study compared results from a study conducted in 1994, with present species communities to observe if there has been change in species composition and what factors that can explain species diversity and composition. READ MORE